Kyoto Sanga have come here for an appealing fight against the hosts Vissel Kobe. Get smart on the match with this thorough J-League preview!
- Vissel Kobe have the the worst goal difference (-6) in J-League
- Kyoto Sanga have not yet lost a game away.
This should be an exciting game with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!
Vissel Kobe form and stats
When playing at home in the J-League, Vissel Kobe have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 2 games.
Vissel haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 242 minutes ago. Iniesta scored that one.
Vissel Kobe drew their last game, 0-0 away at Shimizu S-Pulse (placed 15th). Defender Kikuchi got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.02/10. Kikuchi hit two key passes and won 7 of 8 duels.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vissel Kobe have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won three times, drawn four and lost four.
The manager Ramos will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Tokyo in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Vissel Kobe's 2 home games: 0 goals, 2 conceded.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
Kyoto Sanga are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the J-League, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). The travelling team now have four draws in a row when involved in away games.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Tokyo with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Kawasaki was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.0/10. Kawasaki hit two key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).
A 1-1 draw at Shonan Bellmare's stadium before that.After this away game Kyoto return home for a J-League game against Gamba Osaka. That game is only four sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Kyoto Sanga has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Previous nine meetings with these sides: Vissel Kobe won four, Kyoto Sanga triumphed in three and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Utaka 3 goals |   A. Iniesta Luján 1 goals |  Y. Muto 1 goals |
Vissel Kobe missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| Vissel Kobe | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 71% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 5.4 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 7 | 6.4 |
| 1.1 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.6 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 4.5 | 6.4 |
| 4.3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | 29% |
| 11 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 9 | 10.8 |
| 4.9 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 6.5 | 6.6 |
- All of Kyoto Sanga's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kyoto Sanga have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Kyoto Sanga have not yet lost a game away.
- Kyoto Sanga have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Kyoto Sanga have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Kyoto Sanga have yet to win a game away.
- Kyoto Sanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vissel Kobe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Vissel Kobe have created more than twice as many corners as Kyoto Sanga.
- Vissel Kobe have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Vissel Kobe have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have the the worst goal difference (-6) in J-League
- Vissel Kobe have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Vissel Kobe have yet to win a game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Cerezo Osaka | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Júbilo Iwata | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Vissel Kobe | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
